PRELIMS 2017 REVISION TEST 02 Please consider negative marking and convert your score for 200 marks. It is just to guess your probable cutoff marks. Though not prefect this will help you gauge your progress Share Your Scores in the comment box
Insights Daily Current Affairs, 05 May 2017 Paper 2 Topic: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures. eVIN Project of Health Ministry becomes global best practise in immunisation India’s electronic vaccine intelligence network project …
Continue reading “Insights Daily Current Affairs, 05 May 2017”
SECURE SYNOPSIS: 05 May 2017 NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of …
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 05 May 2017 QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz Archives The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles. This quiz is intended to introduce you to concepts and certain important facts relevant to UPSC IAS civil …
Continue reading “QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 05 May 2017”
[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 05 May 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. General Studies – 1; Topic: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues 1) Examine why the 1957 Kerala Agrarian Relations Bill is hailed as landmark event. …
Continue reading “[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 05 May 2017”
Topic: Ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions 7) The Union cabinet’s decision to amend the Banking Regulation Act empowering the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to directly intervene in settling bad loan cases has raised many ethical questions. What are they? Discuss. (150 Words) Livemint Livemint
Topic: Issues relating to intellectual property rights 6) What do you understand by Geographical Indication (GI) tag? Examine why GI tag is given and why it’s useful for India. (200 Words) Livemint
Topic:Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate ; Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security 5) It is argued that there is a need to restore the primacy of the uniformed forces in society, especially in Kashmir, by concerted effort, at all levels to bring the situation in Kashmir …
Topic: Indian economy – growth 4) In the light of NPA problems being faced by the Indian banking sector, suggest ways to strengthen the banking sector. (200 Words) The Indian Express
Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, 3) What do you understand by Advance Care Directives? Discuss its legal status in India. (200 Words) The Hindu Wikipedia
Topic: Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate. 2) Write a critical note on Agenda 2030, which was adopted in the United Nations General Assembly by member states on September 25, 2015. Also examine process involved in Voluntary National Reviews (VNR) vis a vis India. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues 1) Examine why the 1957 Kerala Agrarian Relations Bill is hailed as landmark event. What socio-economic impact this Bill had? Examine. (200 Words) The Hindu
